Expendable liquid coating applicator



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United States Patent 2,849,157 EXPENDABLE LIQUID COATING APPLICATOR William H. Remien, Jr., Wilmette, Ill., assignor of onethlrdto F. Henry 'Remien, Wilmette, Ill., and one-third to C.'Jack Remien, Winnetka, Ill.

. Application January 26, 1954, Serial No. 406,144

3- Claims." (Cl. 222*169) This invention relates to liquid coating applicator with expendable liquid filler and has for a broad object the provision of apparatus by which a factory filled cylinder of paint may be connected to a surrounding perforate cylinder to fill such cylinder, the perforate cylinder being rotatable by a shaped handle, and the factory filled cylinder being expendable.

A further object of this invention is to provide apparatus including a factory filled cylinder of paint open at one end and connectable to a surrounding perforate paint spreading cylinder in such a manner that the paint may flow from the open end of the inner cylinder to fill the perforate cylinder and be spread therefrom onto a surface to be painted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a liquid coating applicator of the type wherein the liquid is con tained within a perforate member and wherein the necessity for filling of this perforate member by the user is obviated.

Heretofore paint applicators and spreaders have been of the type requiring tedious filling with each use and the parts of such applicators or spreaders have been employed for each successive use so that cleaning has been required between usages.

The structure of this invention has also as an object the expediting of painting and paint spreading in reducing the time heretofore required in laborious filling through supplying the paint in inexpensive, expendable prefilled containers from the factory.

Other objects and details will appear more fully as this description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the shipment assembly of a preferred form of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of apparatus subsequently employed with the outer element shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the assembly of the outer element of Fig. 1 with the element of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the assembly shown in section in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the inner element of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the assembly shown in section in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 1 the factory supplied cylinder or container 1 has a cap 2, provided with a threaded or crimped flange 3. A perforate cylinder 4 having a closed end 5 is crimped or threaded at its open end wall at 6 for engagement with the flange 3. An applicator 35, desirably of felt, woven fabric or the like, is secured by any suitable means to the periphery of the cylinder 4 to afford even distribution of the liquid, as will be apparent. A gasket 7 is provided to prevent leakage between the perforate cylinder 4 and the open end of the factory filled imperforate cylinder 1.

2,849,157 Patented Aug. 26, 1958 The perforations 8 in the wall of the cylinder 4 may be made at random or else they may conform with any desired pattern such as may be required for various types of striping operations. For a purpose to be hereinafter described a bearing, socket or clamp 9 is connected to the closed end 5 of the perforate cylinder.

The assembly 10 of perforate and imperforate cylinders is constructed of inexpensive expendable material andsuch assembly is substantially cylindrical and thus easy storage and handling is facilitated.

In operation the imperforate cylinder 1 is removed from the perforate cylinder 4 by relative rotation of the cap 2 with respect to the latter cylinder. The paint in the imperforate cylinder is thus free to flow out of the open end thereof into the perforate cylinder. Immediate egress of the paint through the perforations 8 is, of course, prevented by the applicator 35.

When the cylinders 1 and 4 have been disconnected and the paint transferred to the cylinder 4 an agitator assembly 15, as shown in Fig. 2, is inserted through the open end of the imperforate cylinder 4 so that, as shown in Fig. 3, the end 12 of the axle -11 extends into the paint and is received in the socket 9, which is flared at 14 to facilitate alignment. The agitator assembly 15 includes a cap 16 which is provided with a threaded or crimped flange 16a for engagement with the threaded or crimped end 6 of cylinder 4. A central opening 18 is formed in the cap 16 and in this opening is positioned a bearing 17, desirably of plastic or the like, for support of the axle Ill. This bearing 17 is formed with a flange 19 which bears on the outer side of the cap 16, while inwardly an annular groove 21 is formed in the body of the bearing 17 for reception of a retainer ring 20 which frictionally engages the periphery of the axle 11 and serves both to retain these elements in fixed relation and to prevent leakage of the paint along the surface of the axle. In addition, for prevention of movement of the bearing 17 to the left with respect to the axle 11, as viewed in Fig. 2, a circumferential groove 37 is formed in the axle 11, and in this groove is received a keeper 36 which bears upon the inner end of the hearing 17.

An agitator blade or paddle 22 is connected to the axle 11 as shown to agitate the paint in usage and has stirring holes 34 therein. A handle 23 is joined to, or forms an integral part of the axle 11 and is re-cuived to extend therefrom and provides the portion 24 which extends substantially transversely to the axle 11. When the assembly 10, 15 is completed it then is only necessary to exert thrust on the handle part 24 to rotate the roller assembly 10 on the axle and thus apply the paint as desired. It will be understood, of course, that the blade 22 remains fixed with respect to the axle 11 and that agitation is afforded by the relative rotation of the cylinder 4 with respect thereto.

It can also be seen that the provision of a paint or coating liquid applicator as hereinabove described can result in a great cost saving to industry by the employment of inexpensive material for the cans and by the arrangement whereby the expendable portions of the applying apparatus can be easily assembled to and disconnected from the parts which are maintained for subsequent usage.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of the apparatus of this invention, I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of structure, but wish to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A paint container comprising an outer cylinder having one end closed and one end open and having its side wall pervious to liquid, an inner paint-filled cylinder im- I .2 pervious to liquid having one end opened and one end closed and arranged interiorly of the outer cylinder with its open end adjacent to and closed by the closed end of said outer cylinder, an external flange on the closed end of said inner cylinder, and releasable interengaging means on said flange and the open end of said outer cylinder to releasably retain said inner cylinder in its closed relation, whereby release of said interengaging means and withdrawal of said inner cylinder serve to introduce paint into said outer cylinder for use of the latter as an applicator.

2. A paint container according to claim 1, said flange extending toward the open end of said inner cylinder and receiving the open end of said outer cylinder, said References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 933,444 Henke, Ir. Sept. 7, 1909 2,325,867 Matsakas Aug. 3, 1943 2,498,980 Bowling et al. Feb. 28, 1950 2,563,048 Liebelt et al. Aug. 7, 1951 2,698,451 Wonso Jan. 4, 1955 

